The Singing Vagabond

The Singing Vagabond is a 1935 American Western film directed by Carl Pierson and starring Gene Autry, Ann Rutherford, and Smiley Burnette. Written by Oliver Drake and Betty Burbridge, the film is about a cowboy who rides to the rescue when badguys kidnap a beautiful woman.

Outside the opera house, Lettie meets a chorus girl named Honey Barbara Pepper, who is preparing to leave with her theatrical troupe in a caravan heading West. When the troupes producer mistakes Lettie for the star, she joins the group as Mary Varden. The troupes wagon train is escorted by Captain Tex Autry Gene Autry of the U.S. Cavalry and his singing plainsmen. The troupe misses the wagon train, however, and must travel alone.On their way to San Francisco, the caravan is ambushed by a gang of thieves. Tex and his men arrive on the scene and following a gunfight, the gang is chased off. After Tex saves Lettie from a runaway wagon, he comments on the foolishness of risking his mens lives for a bunch of crazy showgirls. Angered by his insolence, Lettie decides to walk rather than ride with Tex. Eventually she gets tired and asks Tex if she can ride with him. The troupe arrives safely at Fort Henry, which is run by Colonel Seward Frank LaRue. ........

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